EPA Weighs Formal Review of Vinyl Chloride, the Toxic Chemical that Burned in Ohio Train Derailment August 14, 2023 By Matthew Daly WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride,...
$75 Million for Residents Whose Homes Were Built on Landfill March 18, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A group of New Orleans residents whose homes were built on a toxic landfill decades ago...
Drug-Plant Inspections Ebbed as Tainted Pills Flowed to U.S. December 11, 2019 By Timothy Annett, Michelle Fay Cortez and Jacquie Lee Inspections of foreign drug manufacturers by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have fallen in recent years despite increasing worry...
Drugmaker Shredded Quality Documents Ahead of FDA Inspection July 17, 2019 By Anna Edney An India-based company that sells numerous drugs in the U.S., including ibuprofen, was caught attempting to dispose of quality-control records,...
Popular Heart Drugs Tainted by Carcinogens Face Wave of Lawsuits April 24, 2019 By Anna Edney and Margaret Cronin Fisk Dozens of lawsuits have been filed against drug makers and sellers over widely prescribed generic heart medications tainted with potential...
Chemical Disaster Zone Remains No-Go Zone Two Weeks After Blaze April 1, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Kevin Crowley Two weeks after a chemical storage complex near Houston erupted in flames and menaced tens of thousands of people with...
Firefighters at Houston Chemical Disaster Scrambled for Foam April 1, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Kevin Crowley Firefighters confronted with the worst Gulf Coast industrial disaster in 14 years had to call on outside sources to augment...
Bayer Keeps Roundup Faith After Losing Second Trial March 29, 2019 Bayer AG vowed to keep defending its weedkiller Roundup after losing a second trial over claims it causes cancer, indicating...
Tainted Pills Force FDA to Tighten Drug-Safety Regulations March 27, 2019 By Anna Edney U.S. regulators plan to revamp rules governing how medicines are manufactured, in an effort to ensure the safety of the...
Toxic Clouds Shut Down Houston Suburbs March 21, 2019 By Joe Carroll and Ben Foldy Now that the four-day fire is out at a Houston-area chemical storage complex, the real danger has emerged. Cancer-causing toxins...